Srinivas Allanki

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Can we culture THP1 in Minimum Essential Medium instead of the ATCC suggested RPMI?

I have seen some answers saying that we can use DMEM instead of RPMI (11.89mM Glucose). But I want to culture them in a low glucose medium (5mM Glucose) as per my experiments and we don't have low...

28 July 2015 7,320 3 View

Why are THP1 monocytes getting adhered to the dish during serum starvation?

THP1 monocytes, despite of them being a suspension culture are getting adhered (all the cells) to the dish during serum starvation (at least 45mins to 1hr in basal RPMI). They are adhering so...

20 June 2015 6,125 7 View

Why do we use nested primers in TAIL PCR?

What is the difference between normal primers and nested primers and why are nested specfically used in TAIL PCR?

03 May 2013 1,498 7 View

How should I model the tea concentration as a function of time after a tea bag has been submerged?

Is it diffusion or osmosis?

16 April 2013 5,025 2 View

To what extent is using bacteriophages instead of antibiotics safe and successful?

Day by day bacteria are turning antibiotic resistant. So, the alternative that people came up with is using bacteriophages to kill specific bacteria that are causing trouble to us. How successful...

09 April 2013 7,032 4 View